# BYD fully opens 16 GWh Xi'an battery plant to scale EV cells in 2026

*The 7 billion yuan facility in Shaanxi province anchors mass production of second-generation Blade Batteries to support over one million electric vehicles assembled locally.*

**Published:** October 1, 2026  
**By:** Lian Chen  
**Section:** Batteries & Electric Vehicles — China  
**Format:** Breaking  
**Confidence:** medium  
**Source:** https://eastasiabrief.com/batteries-ev/byd-fully-opens-16-gwh-xi-battery-plant-scale-462  
**Publisher:** East Asia Brief (https://eastasiabrief.com/)

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## What to know

- BYD commissions 7 billion yuan ($984 million) Xi'an battery plant on Sept. 30, 2026
- 16 GWh annual capacity feeds internal lines for over 1 million vehicles
- Component park qualification scheduled for Dec. 15, 2026

![Technicians oversee robotic arms assembling battery packs along an automated conveyor line at an electric vehicle battery plant. (AI-generated image)](https://eastasiabrief.com/media/2026-09-30-86f78710ca93.webp)
*Technicians oversee robotic arms assembling battery packs along an automated conveyor line at an electric vehicle battery plant. (AI-generated image)*

BYD brought its 7 billion yuan ($984 million) traction battery plant in Xi'an into full commercial production on Sept. 30, 2026, scaling captive cell output for electric passenger vehicles.

The facility operates in the Qinhan Autonomous Driving Industrial Park inside Shaanxi province's Xixian New Area. It covers 89 hectares and delivers an annual nameplate capacity of 16 gigawatt-hours.

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Cite as: East Asia Brief, "BYD fully opens 16 GWh Xi'an battery plant to scale EV cells in 2026," October 1, 2026. https://eastasiabrief.com/batteries-ev/byd-fully-opens-16-gwh-xi-battery-plant-scale-462